Hide a column, but still produce the cell but with hidden style

GlenLewis

I have a column that contains key info, but I don't want to have it visible but need it in the HTML markup. How do I hide a column but still keep the column in the html markup?

kthorngren

If you have a Datatables hidden column you can use column().data(), column().node(), cell().data() or cell().node() to access the data or node. Will this work for you?

Kevin

kthorngren

Note that you can use a jQuery cell-selector with cell() to select the desired cell. Or one of the other cell-selector selectors. Same with column() you can use various column-selector selectors.

Kevin